教学目标和要求 通过本单元教学， 使学生学会运用所学语言， 描述报刊编辑采访百姓、收集信息、制作报纸的过程；特别了解我国影响最大的英文报纸《中国日报》的一些基本情况， 并能用自己组织的语言向别人介绍，是本单元的教学重点；通过对话课的学习与操练，使学生进一步熟悉有关约会的用语及应答；学习并初步掌握动名词作主语和宾语的用法；正确完成练习册安排的练习。
教 学 重 点 和 难 点 重 点 词 汇 daily advertisement check interview fix develop hand(v) add deliver speed latest publish avoid besides
get down to going sth. face-to-face as well
be popular with sb. Care for
重 要 句 型 1. Reporters are then sent to cover the events.
China Daily has plenty of advertisements, which help to cut the costs of making the newspaper.
语 法 The –ing Form as Subject and Object:
1. I like reading China Daily.
2. Journalists are good at getting secret information from people.
3. Learning new words is very useful to me.
4. Writing headlines is more difficult in English than in Chinese.
日 常 交 际 英 语 Making appointments:
1. What time does the concert start?
2. Where is the best place to meet?
3. What time shall we meet?
4. I suggest seven o’clock.
5. Will you be free then?
6. Yes, I’ll be free. I’d like to go.
7. Let’s go together. I’ll meet you at the theatre at six thirty.
8. Good. See you then. Bye.
Using the language learned and concerned on news publishing, teacher and Ss complete the tasks of listening, speaking, reading and writing which the textbook provide. Reading materials “ How a newspaper is produced” and “China Daily” should be exactly understood. Students should understand the process of publishing a newspaper and some information about China Daily. The exercises concerned should be completed.
UNIT FOUR NEWSPAPER
LESSON THIRTEEN DIALOGUE
TEACHING AIMS:
1. Learn and master the following:
A Words: rose, check, magazine, daily,
B Everyday English:
Are/Will you be free then?
Yes. I’ll be free, I’d like to go.
Let’s go together then. I’ll meet you at the theatre at six thirty.
Good! See you then.
What time shall we meet?
Where is the best place to meet?
What about meeting outside…?
I suggest … ?
2. Enable Ss to know the meaning of a new word by looking it up in an English-English dictionary.
KEY TEACHING POINTS:
1. Phrases: have a look, give a performance
2. Sentence patterns:
1) Sure, go ahead.
2) What’s on …
3) They are said to be very good.
DIFFICULT TEACHING POINTS:
The use of the sentence pattern “ … be said to do … ”.
TEACHING METHODS:
1. Listening-and-answer activity to help the Ss to go through with the dialogue.
2. Pair work or group work to make every student work in class.
TEACHING AIDS:
A tape recorder a projector
Bb Lesson Thirteen
Useful expressions:
Have/ take a look (at sth.)
Give a performance
Useful sentence patterns:
Sure, go ahead.
What’s on… ?
… be said to do …
= It’s said that …
TEACHING PROCEDURES:
I. GRRETINGS AND LEAD-IN
T: Today we are going to learn Unit 4. It’s about “Newspapers”. Please look at the picture in your textbooks. There are two girls in the picture. One is Betty, the other is Zhou Lan, who is holding a newspaper in her hands. Now let’s listen to what they are talking about.
Questions:
1. Do you like reading newspapers?
2. What kind of newspapers do you like to read?
3. I know many of us have newspapers at home. Now tell me what papers do you have at home?
4. Why do you like reading newspapers?
5. Do you read English newspapers?
6. What English newspapers do we have in China?
II. DIALOGUE
1. Pre-listening questions:
1) Where does the conversation take place?
The conversation takes place at the students’ dining room.
2) When will Betty meet Zhou Lan?
Betty will meet Zhou Lan at six-thirty.
2. Post-listnening questions:
1) What newspaper does Zhou Lan have with her?
China Daily.
2) Why does Betty want to have a look at China Daily?
Because she wants to
3) What are “the Red Roses”?
They are a pop group.
4) Where will the performance be held?
The performance will be held at the People’s Theatre.
5) What does the performance start?
The performance will start at 7 p.m.
6) What do Betty and Zhou Lan decide to do this week?
They decided to attend a performance given by the “Red Rose” pop group.
7) What time do Betty and Zhou Lan arrange to meet?
At six thirty.
III LANGUAGE STUDY
1. have / take a look (at sth. )
e.g. May I have a look at your photo?
2. Sure, go ahead = Of course, please do.
e.g. --- May I use your dictionary?
--- Sure, go ahead.
3. What’s on…? = What performances are planned … ?
e.g. What’s on tonight / at Xinhua Cinema?
4. give a performance = perform
e.g. Some children will give a performance at the ball.
5. be said to … = People say that … / It’s said that …
e.g. He is said to have published another wonderful book this year.
= It is said that he has published another wonderful book this year.
IV A LITTLE TEST: WRITING
T: Now read the dialogue by yourselves and then fill in the blanks.
Betty met Zhou Lan in the students’ dining room. Betty wanted to have a _____ ____ Zhou Lan’s ______ of China Daily. She wanted to know _____ would be ______ that weekend. The newspaper said that “the Red _____ ” pop group would give a ______. Thye were said to be _____ _____. Betty ______ like to go. Finally they decided to go to the ______ together.
Betty met Zhou Lan in the students’ dining room. Betty wanted to have a look at_Zhou Lan’s copy of China Daily. She wanted to know what would be on that weekend. The newspaper said that “the Red Roses ” pop group would give a performance. They were said to be very good. Betty would like to go. Finally they decided to go to the theatre together.
V ORAL PRACTICE Part 2 page 19
1. Read the sentences by yourselves.
2. Work with your partner. One asks, and the other answers.
3. Make a dialogue like the one in Part 1. 3’
Situation 1: You are going to hear a talk given by Li Yang on Crazy English.
Situation 2: Your class is going to organize a picnic lunch somewhere outside the city. You can also talk about the cinema, a football match, a basketball match, a play or a performance.
VI VOCABULARY STUDY
journalist n --- a person who collects information and writes news stories and articles.
editor n --- the person who prepare people’s writings for newspaper or magazines; the boss who decides which news will be put in the newspaper each day.
advertisement n --- a piece of information in a newspaper or on television that tries to encoursge people to buy things.
headline n --- the title of a newspaper article printed in large letters at the top.
check vt --- to examine (sth) in order to make sure that it is correct, safe, satisfactory or in a good condition.
interview n --- a meeting at which somebody is asked questions.
magazine n --- a type of book with a paper cover which is printed every week or month. It may contain articles, photographs and stories by different writers.
Now, let’s do an exercise. Please turn to Page 88. Look at Ex. 5. Find the right explanation for each of the words. 2’
VII SUMMARY
T: In this class, we have learned some phrases and sentence patterns in the dialogue. Remember the phrases “have a look” and “give a performance”. Use the sentence pattern “Sure, go ahead.” “What’s on …” correctly. Pay special attention to the use of the sentence pattern “…be said to do…/ It’s said that…” We have also learned how to make a dialogue for an appointment and done some exercises in your workbooks.
VIII FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
Write a short passage based on the dialogue.
Phrases may be used:
A look at China Daily What’s on this weekend?
A performance at the People’s Theatre When and where to meet
Betty met Zhou Lan in the students’ dining room. Betty wanted to have a look at_Zhou Lan’s copy of China Daily. She wanted to know what would be on that weekend. The newspaper said that “the Red Roses ” pop group would give a performance. They were said to be very good. Betty would like to go. Finally they decided to go to the theatre together and they would meet at the theatre at six-thirty.
VIII HOMEWORK
1. Write Ex. 4 in your exercise-books and collect them.
2. Prepare for Ex. 3.
UNIT FOUR NEWSPAPERS
LESSON FOURTEEN HOW A NEWSPAPER IS PRODUCED
TEACHING AIMS:
1. Words and expressions
fix, photogaraphers, deliver, rail, chief, event, immediately, develop, add, lorry, speed, face-to-face, take a photograph (of ), pass on,
2. Improve the Ss’ reading ability
KEY TEACING POINTS:
1. Master the following phrases:
Cover the events, get down to doing sth., face-toface, work on, pass…on to…
2. Help the students understand the text better.
TEACHING METHODS:
1. Fast reading to find out the general information in the text.
2. Question-and-answer activity to help the Ss to understand the detailed information in the text.
3. Pair-work activity for Ss to further understand the text.
TEACHING AIDS:
A video tape a projector
Bb Lesson 14 How a newspaper is produced
Newspapers:
China Daily, the Chinese Youth Daily, Guangming Daily, Thee People’s Daily, English Weekly, English Coaching Paper…
Magazines:
China Today, Youth Digest, An Express Way to English, Crazy English…
Key points:
Cover the events, get down to doing sth., face-to-face, work on, pass…on to…, as … as possible, There is (no)…left for sth./ doing sth.
TEACHING PROCEDURES:
I GREETINGS
II REVISION
Retell what Betty and Zhou Lan talked in the dining room.
Betty met Zhou Lan in the students’ dining room. Betty wanted to have a look at_Zhou Lan’s copy of China Daily. She wanted to know what would be on that weekend. The newspaper said that “the Red Roses ” pop group would give a performance. They were said to be very good. Betty would like to go. Finally they decided to go to the theatre together and they would meet at the theatre at six-thirty.
III LEAD-IN AND DISCUSSION
1. Free talk about newspaper.
T: Newspapers have much to do with our daily life. Do you think so?
Then what do you think they can tell / give us?
S: They can tell us what has happened at home and abroad. They can also give us pleasure.
T: Yes. In a word, newspapers are very important to everyone. There are various kinds of newspapers. Can you name some?
S: The People’s Daily, The Chinese Youth Daily, English Weekly, English Coaching Paper and so on.
T: Now please work in groups of four and have a discussion about these questions: p-20
1. Which newspapers and magazines do you read?
2. Which newspaper and magazines do you buy?
3. Which part of the newspaper do you find most interesting?
4. Which part of the newspaper do you find least interesting?
…
T: (holding a copy of …) Hello, everyone. This is a copy of China Daily. It’s today’s paper. Now let’s have a look at the headlines and see what is happening in and outside China.
…
Good. You see. You already have the ability to read some important news from an English newspaper. Now I have got a question: Does anybody know how a newspaper is made? Does anyone know how all this news is collected and printed? Well, I think we can get the answer from the reading passage in this unit.
IV READING
1. Fast and silent reading 5’
Questions:
1) What’s the “homework” for the reporters?
The so-called homework for reporters is to go to the newspaper’s known library to look up any information that they need.
2) Why is writing headlines in English more difficult than in Chinese?
Because the English letters are not of the same size. For example, in English the letter M is wider than the letter I, so editors must check that there is enough space for the headlines they have written.
3) What does an editor do?
An editor tells the journalists what they are going to write about and decides which will be the most important story.
4) What do journalists do?
A journalist interviews people, writes a report and checks information.
2. Second reading for detailed information 5’
A QUESTIONAIRE (Exercise 1 p-89)
1. What does the newspaper chief editor do every morning? Why?
2. What do the reporters usually do?
3. What’s the meaning of “doing one’s homework”?
4. What kind of people should the journalists be?
5. What do photographers and picture editors do?
6. What is the chief editor’s work? What do the other editors do?
7. Why is writing headlines in English more difficult than in Chinese?
8. Why must all the people who work on a newspaper work quickly?
Answers:
1. The chief editor holds a meeting every morning. Because they discuss the main events of the day.
2. Reporters cover events. As soon as they know what to write about, they get down to work. They telephone people and fix a time for a face-to-face interview with them. Sometimes they do telephone interviews. They also go to library to check information.
3. Reporters go to the newspaper’s own library to look up any information that they need. This is so-called “doing one’s homework”.
4. I think a journalist must be learned, diligent and talkative. He must be able to work fast.
5. They decide which photographs are needed for the next day’s paper.
6. The chief editor decides which will be the most important story on the first page. Other editors read the stories which the reporters have written and make any necessary changes. They also write the headlines for each story.
7. Writing headlines in English is more difficult than in Chinese. For example, in English the letter M is wider than the letter I, so editors must check that there is enough space for the headlines they have written.
8. Because people want to buy the latest newspaper; nobody wants to buy yesterday’s.
V LANGUAGE STUDY
1. The CCTV reporters were sent to cover the Olympic Games.
All important events in the world are covered in China Daily.
2. Let’s get down to discussion.
While the weather is fine, I must get down to repairing the house.
3. We had a face-to-face argument.
I have heard about him, but I never met him face-to-face.
4. It’s said that he’s working on/at a new novel.
5. Read the paper and pass it on to the other students.
6. The photos should be developed as quickly as possible.
7. There is no space left for the headlines / writing the headlines.
VI ACTIVITY
1. Read the words in the box together.
Printed, photographs, headlines, chief, editor,
journalists, deliver, check, photographers
2. T: The diagram shows how a newspaper is made. But you should first fill in the blanks with the suitable words in the box.
1. The ______ holds a meeting.
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2. ______ interview people and write storie.
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3. ______ take ______.
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4. ______ are quickly developed.
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5. Editors ______ the reports.
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6. Editors write the _______.
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7. The newspapers are _______.
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8. The newspapers are _______ by train and truck.
Answers:
1. chief editor 2. journalists 3. photographers, photographs
4. The photographs/photos 5. check
6. headlines 7. printed 8. delivered
3. Work in pairs. Tell your partner how a newspaper is made, using the diagram. When you do this, you can add extra information which you read about in the passage.
VII WB P-89
VIII SUMMARY AND HOMEWORK
T: Today we’ve learned a passage about how a newspaper is published. We should learn how to use some words, expressions and sentence patterns in the passage. And we should be able to retell the process of publishing a newspaper in our own words.
IX FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
Suppose you are a reporter. Make a telephone call to somebody to fix a time for a face-to-face interview.